On The Island

We took Ellie to Kearsney. It was cold but of course Ellie wanted to go in the stream and ran towards it and straight in.

Then of course she rolled in all the mud.

She really enjoyed herself and we were surprised how few people were out and about.

Lazy day and so we watched Turner and Hooch in the afternoon. Torin used to have a Dogue de Bordeaux, lovely dogs but very strong. I walked him once and he pulled me over! Torin told me to put his special harness on and I said I was fine and didn’t need it, so serves me right!

On Christmas Day Ollie brough us round a lot of fish, from his work at Wheeler’s, dressed crabs and freshly smoked salmon and so we had a day eating fish and salad…lovely!

Then in the evening we watched Love Actually. What a lazy day.

Preparation for Christmas day.

I went to buy the fresh food for Thursday and also a couple of joints of beef to put in the freezer now the turkey has graduated to the fridge!

 

A day at work, busy reducing the prices on all the bought in goods and we sold 120 packs of Christmas cards – all half price. From 1.30 – 3,  I never stopped serving . When Jack came downstairs I told him I was exhausted and he said I could go home but I told him I would stay as by then it had quietened down a bit.

Phew what a day.

Very sad to hear about Chris Rea he was one of my niece’s husbands patients until Joe moved surgeries. Chris Rea gave him a book of his, may be worth a lot now!

A very damp walk with Ellie. Not that pleasant. We both said if we didn’t have Ellie we may well have stayed indoors!! My ribs still hurt.

We were invited to Jem and Dom’s for lunch They have a 3 storey house in Margate, so Mal was doing more carrying Ellie as they are steep stairs! It was nice to see them and we exchanged Christmas presents.